Soldier profiles
Name : CONINGSBY, ROBERT HENRY PRICE
Service Number : VX26558 (V147086)
Date of Birth : 17/11/1901
Place of Birth : BEACONSFIELD, TAS
Known as : BOB
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 19/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MOONEE PONDS, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ALICE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : AUSTRALIAN DEPOT BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 16/02/1942
Date Died : 11/05/1959
Age at Death : 57
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215910 [DIGITISED], Barcode 6292630 [DIGITISED], Barcode 3276094 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 09/1959 p3
Background : Enlisted with birthdate of 17/11/1901 (when he enlisted 13/03/1915 he gave his age as 19 years and 4 months). Secretary and Editor of the Association for 10 years. Died aged 63 at Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria.
